Fertility in Costa Rica, 2005

Costa Rica
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 2.04 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 73,520 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.04
Births
73,520
Births per 1,000 people
17.3
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
4,261,240
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-142.50.6%495
15-1967.116.4%13,703
20-24117.728.8%22,722
25-29102.125.0%17,820
30-3471.317.5%11,372
35-3936.79.0%5,785
40-449.92.4%1,524
45-490.80.2%99
50-540.00.0%0